Open AccessUse of unproven treatments in mental health: The case of Bach Flowers
Author(s) -
David Villarreal-Zegarra,
Alvaro Taype-Roldan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de la facultad de medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.141
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2357-3848
pISSN - 0120-0011
DOI - 10.15446/revfacmed.v67n4.72050
Subject(s) - honor , mental health , depression (economics) , anxiety , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , psychotherapist , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
Dear editor,Flower Remedies, also known as “Bach Flowers Remedies” in honor of their creator —the English homeopath Edward Bach (1886-1936)— claim that water can acquire healing properties when certain wild flowers are submerged in it. Despite the lack of biological plausibility, this type of therapy is taught and used by health professionals, such as doctors and psychologists, to treat various mental conditions including anxiety, stress or depression.